PLAYR is the first soccer SmartCoach system world wide, designed by top sports tech brand, Catapult Sports. They are now an official partner with the club, leading to 2 academy teams utilizing the latest and greatest GPS tech., matched with personalized sport science guidance to raise on field results. This system records up to 1250 movements per second, bringing together distance, power and pace data with GPS heat maps to allow players to contrast their work with others in the PLAYR group. This also allows for a comparison with top pros globally, to best set rest, recovery & nutrition. This holistic way of going about things fits well with the goals of the academy, to monitor at all times the welfare and well being of these players on and off the field. This gets into the hands of the U-14B & U-16G in '19, and then seeks to expand to NYCFC City Development League happenings, NYCFC headed tourneys, summer camps, and youth talent centers. These two titans will get to 10's of thousands of youth players and fans in the Metro area allowing them to utilize tech. & the PLAYR offerings to raise their game. Claudio Reyna NYCFC TD said," Our Academy is the heart of the club. Our new partnership with PLAYR allows us to further utilize market-leading technology & sports science educational tools to inspire players and to maximize potential on and off the pitch." PLAYR also becomes the official GPS system for the yearly Nexen Manchester City Cup, carried out by Surf Cup Sports and NYCFC sister club, 2018 PL title holders, Man City and GOALS soccer centers in the states.